Philip Hamilton

Philip Hamilton (22 January 1782-23 November 1801) was the first son of Alexander Hamilton and Elizabeth Schuyler. He was killed in a duel with George Eacker, a man who had insulted his father, in Weehawken, New Jersey, where his father would later die in a duel with Aaron Burr.

Biography
Philip Hamilton was born on 22 January 1782, and he was the first son of Alexander Hamilton and Elizabeth Schuyler. He was raised by his mother in England while his father served as Secretary of the Treasury of the United States, and his knowledge, virtue, and womanizing were compared to his father while he was at Columbia College. In 1801, Hamilton sought out a man by the name of George Eacker, who had insulted Alexander Hamilton in front of a large crowd on 4 July 1801. Hamilton headed to a Broadway theater and sought out Eacker's box, and he called him out in public and challenged him to a duel. They headed to Weehawken, New Jersey to do the duel, and his father told him to fire his pistol in the air to preserve his honor and walk away without killing Eacker. Philip raised his pistol in the air even as the countdown was taking place, but Eacker still shot him, and the bullet entered his waist and was lodged in his left arm. Hamilton died as his family surrounded him, and his father would die on 12 June 1804 in a duel at the same place.